De Arte Peregrinandi Libri II, Variis Exemplis, In Primis...
Sixteenth-Century Essays on Naples [Italy]. [Naples]. [Turler, Hieronymus [c.1520-1602]. [Grattarolo, Guglielmo (1516-1568)]. [Lando, Ortensio (c.1512-c.1559)]. [Pyrckmair, Halarius (fl. 1573-1591)]. De Arte Peregrinandi Libri II, Variis Exemplis, In Primis Vero Agri Neapolitani Descriptione Illustrati: Quibus Accesserunt in Fine Quaestiones Forcianae, Hoc Est, De Variis Italorum Ingeniis, & de Muliebris Sexus Praestantia, Dialogi II. Item, Lib. II de Regimine Iter Agentium. Quibus Accesserunt in Fine Quaestiones Forcianae: Hoc est, De Variis Italorum Ingeniis: & de Muliebris Sexus Praesttantia, Dialogi II. Nuremberg: [In Officina Typographica Catharinae Gerlachiae], 1591. 228, [1] ff. Folding table. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges and fragments of ties, blind frames to covers, front with blind-stamped owner initials, early hand-lettered title to spine. Moderate soiling, spine ends bumped, light wear to corners, a few partial cracks to text block, later bookseller ticket to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to text, early owner annotations to foot of title page and rear pastedown. Ex-library. Small inkstamps and annotations to verso of title page. $850. * Only edition. Compiled by the publisher, Katharina Gerlach, this is an anthology of essays about Naples intended to guide travelers. They are "Commentariolus de Arte Apodemica seu Vera Peregrinandi Ratione" by Pyrckmair, "De Peregrinatione & Agro Neapolitano Libri Duo" by Turler, "De Regimine Iter Agentium" by Grattarolo and "Forcianae Quaestiones, In Quibus Varia Italorum Ingenia Explicantur" by Lando. OCLC locates 8 copies in North America (Brigham Young University, Library of Congress, Harvard, University of Kansas, University of St. Mary of the Lake, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Yale Medical School).
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